Topological space/Definition
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Definition
A topological space is a set [math]X[/math] coupled with a "topology", [ilmath]\mathcal{J} [/ilmath] on [math]X[/math]. We denote this by the ordered pair [ilmath](X,\mathcal{J})[/ilmath].
- A topology, [ilmath]\mathcal{J} [/ilmath] is a collection of subsets of [ilmath]X[/ilmath], [math]\mathcal{J}\subset\mathcal{P}(X)[/math] with the following properties[1][2][3]:
- Both [math]\emptyset,X\in\mathcal{J}[/math]
- For the collection [math]\{U_\alpha\}_{\alpha\in I}\subseteq\mathcal{J}[/math] where [math]I[/math] is any indexing set, [math]\cup_{\alpha\in I}U_\alpha\in\mathcal{J}[/math] - that is it is closed under union (infinite, finite, whatever)
- For the collection [math]\{U_i\}^n_{i=1}\subseteq\mathcal{J}[/math] (any finite collection of members of the topology) that [math]\cap^n_{i=1}U_i\in\mathcal{J}[/math]
- We call the elements of [ilmath]\mathcal{J} [/ilmath] "open sets", that is [ilmath]\forall S\in\mathcal{J} [/ilmath], [ilmath]S[/ilmath] is exactly what we call an 'open set'
As mentioned above we write the topological space as [math](X,\mathcal{J})[/math] or just [math]X[/math] if the topology on [math]X[/math] is obvious.
References
- ↑ Topology - James R. Munkres - Second Edition
- ↑ Introduction to Topological Manifolds - Second Edition - John M. Lee
- ↑ Introduction to Topology - Bert Mendelson
